Charles Dawson and Ruth Swift Sawyer

All Saints Church, North Cave
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Charles Dawson (b. 1869 in Barnsley), son of Charles Dawson and Ann Senior, married Ruth Swift Sawyer (b. 1868 in Hull), daughter of William Arthur Sawyer and Ruth Swift, at St Paul's Church, Sculcoates on 11 April 1891.

Charles and Ruth had nine children: 

1. Hilda Dawson b. 29 Dec 1891, bap. 5 Jun 1892 at St. Philip's, Hull
2. Charles William Dawson b. 16 Dec 1892 in HOWDEN Vol 09D  Page 91
3. Mabel Ruth Dawson b. 1 Jan 1894, bap. 27 May 1894 at St. Silas's, Hull
4. Horace Percival Dawson b. 8 Jan 1895, bap. 7 Jul 1895 at the Church of All Saints, North Cave, died aged 3 in 1899 in Howden, Yorkshire.
5. Cyril Dawson b. 9 May 1896, bap. 2 Aug 1896 at All Saints, North Cave
6. Wilmot Dawson b. 18 Mar 1898, bap. 6 Jun 1898 at All Saints, North Cave, died aged 18 in 1917 M Quarter in BARNSLEY Volume 09C Page 279
7. Adeline Beatrice Dawson b. 15 Jun 1902, bap. 5 Oct 1902 at North Cave
8. Dorothy Dawson bap. 3 Mar 1904 at All Saints, North Cave
9. Bernard Sawyer Dawson b. 1909 D Quarter in BARNSLEY Volume 09C Page 254, died aged 0 in 1910 J Quarter in BARNSLEY Volume 09C Page 115

Well, I hope I've included all their children. You would think Sawyer was a straightforward surname, but the mother's maiden name on Charles William is listed as LAWYER and on Mabel Ruth, it's SAWZER. These errors are so random, it's therefore impossible to tell if I've covered all potential variations.

In 1901, Charles Dawson (32) Draper's Traveller and Commission Agent, birthplace Jump, South Yorkshire, was living in Church Street, North Cave, with Ruth S Dawson (33), Hilda Dawson (9) born in Hutton Cranswick; Charles W Dawson (8); Mabel R Dawson (7); Cyril Dawson (4) and Wilmot Dawson (3).

In 1911, Charles Dawson (42) had become a Verger and School Caretaker for the Church and Education Authority in Barnsley. Living in the household are Ruth Swift Dawson (43), Charles William Dawson (18) Learner at Shirt Factory; Mabel Ruth Dawson (17); Cyril Dawson (14) Painter's Errand Boy; Wilmot Dawson (13), also a Painter's Errand Boy; Adeline Beatrice Dawson (8) and Dorothy Dawson (7).

In 1921, Charles Dawson (52) Church Verger; Ruth Swift Dawson (53), Charles William Dawson (28) Tram Car Conductor for Sheffield Corporation; Mabel Ruth Dawson (27) Clerk; Cyril Dawson (25) Postman for the G P O; Adeline Beatrice Dawson (18) Telegraphist and Dorothy Dawson (17) Sub Post Office Assistant, were living at 26, Pendeen Road, Sheffield, Ecclesall, Yorkshire.

Charles Dawson died, aged 55, in 1924 Ecclesall Bierlow (Volume 09C Page 371).

Ruth Swift Dawson died in the March quarter of 1950, in Barnsley, at 81.

• Charles William Dawson (33) Tram Car Conductor, son of Charles Dawson, Verger, married Edith Whitham (24) on 29 May 1926, at the parish church of St John the Baptist, in Owlerton (Sheffield).
• Cyril Dawson (32) married Florence Coles (26) on 5 Sep 1928 in Crowland, Lincolnshire.
• Mabel Ruth Dawson (34) married Walter Broadhead (46) on 20 Dec 1928 at St Augustine’s church Sheffield.
• There is a record of a marriage of an Adeline B Dawson to William Scholes, in Sheffield, in 1937.

In the case of Hilda Dawson and Dorothy Dawson, each with only one forename, there are too many records to narrow it down to the relevant ones.